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The worst part of Lucatiel is that we can't get her magnificent hat without the stupid mask attached.
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Tallgeese posted:The worst part of Lucatiel is that we can't get her magnificent hat without the stupid mask attached. Or have spreading hollowness and instead instantly turn into green trolls when we die.
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May 5, 2014 09:52
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Tallgeese posted:The worst part of Lucatiel is that we can't get her magnificent hat without the stupid mask attached. 
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May 5, 2014 09:59
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I just went into someone's halls of pharos or whoever and marveled at all the traps going off everywhere. I didn't actually bother with any of the monsters at all, I just walked around them (sometimes precariously) and cruised across the area, got hit by a bolt once but just kept on going and eventually made it to the fog door, when the ratbro decided hey wait where are you going and went to slash at me. I stopped and had a bit of fun trying to shove him off before I fell off myself and died. Neat place, it's just sad that a few players just seem content to just spam poo poo like magic from high above where they're all nice and safe from everyone who doesn't rock two Avelyns. Boring. vvv: Sun Sword seems really good, I like its moveset and stat bonuses and am playing around with it alongside my usual set of clubs, but the Red Rust Sword really surprised me. It's like a Club that's a sword, just too bad it's heavy and requires Twinkling. Also yeah, my Poison Arrows get some real milage after a certain point in the game. Though I bought way too many consumables and probably have several thousand souls burnt on bombs that while useful early on, I don't really use that often now*. *I did use a few Urns on that damned Dragonrider Duo though. nftyw fucked around with this message at 10:05 on May 5, 2014 |
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May 5, 2014 09:59
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bewilderment posted:Alright smart people, tell me what the hell I should be doing with my character. The most important thing when deciding where to go with a character is to decide what kind of dude you want to play. That sounds silly and obvious, but that's really it. Despite a lot of protestations to the contrary, there's basically no awful unplayable weapon types or builds in DS2, only varying levels of difficulty. If you're content with your current weapon and offensive options, focus on leveling your endurance to 20(softcap for stamina gain) and then pad out vigor and vitality to improve your durability. To address your specific concerns:
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May 5, 2014 10:01
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Oh wow the Rebel Shield in PvP is the best thing ever.
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May 5, 2014 10:02
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Heliosicle posted:Oh wow the Rebel Shield in PvP is the best thing ever. I think I remember reading somewhere that a Dark infused Rebel Shield was someone's favorite thing ever because "gently caress magic" and looking at those stats, well. I believe it.  vvv: Dark Souls Hangman. nftyw fucked around with this message at 10:18 on May 5, 2014 |
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May 5, 2014 10:06
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BARONS GAMES WHINER posted:Or have spreading hollowness and instead instantly turn into green trolls when we die. Funny you say that; they actually have that programmed in, but didn't do anything with it. Your body parts can be hollowed separately. So, first death could have seen your legs get a bit hollow, then your arms while your legs get more hollowed, and finally your chest, then your face. And so on.
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May 5, 2014 10:10
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nftyw posted:I think I remember reading somewhere that a Dark infused Rebel Shield was someone's favorite thing ever because "gently caress magic" and looking at those stats, well. I believe it. Its funny, I'm actually happy when I see a sorcerer/cleric/hexer now.
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May 5, 2014 10:20
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I'm relatively new to Dark Souls (though I'm loving it so far!), I'm just curious if anyone has any advice as to what I ought to do, more or less starting to get into this game for realsies? I'm running a STR/DEX character, mostly dex focused. Any advice on poo poo I ought to be using or doing? Here's my character so far, I've just hit the Harvest Fields of Poison and Bone poo poo. 
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May 5, 2014 10:21
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Fun fact about science for you ladies and gentlemen. (The whip you get for killing the demon of song, use a bonfire ast. to get a second - Spotted whip) If you have two of these weapons with +5's and poison infusions in power stance, parry button becomes an instant pvp poison on hit. Eat your heart out gimmick builders.
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May 5, 2014 10:23
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I was just about to make a post bitching about Shrine of Amana, but then I discovered that Havel's Greatshield, when infused with magic, has 100% magic block 
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May 5, 2014 10:24
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The Gorp posted:Fun fact about science for you ladies and gentlemen. (The whip you get for killing the demon of song, use a bonfire ast. to get a second - Spotted whip) Another similar and fun combination: power stanced dual poison channeler's trident's + stone ring. Instant poison on L2, instant poisebreak. I like to call this the Toxic Seizure Sticks.
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May 5, 2014 10:31
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Kaldaris posted:I'm relatively new to Dark Souls (though I'm loving it so far!), I'm just curious if anyone has any advice as to what I ought to do, more or less starting to get into this game for realsies? try to hit the soft caps on some stats. endurance can go to 20 before you get diminishing returns on it. crank adaptability up til you have around 100 agility, usually up to around 20 points depending on whatever else you've put points into. strength and dex can go to 40. if you're struggling for things to put points into, can't go wrong with more health. Cardboard Box fucked around with this message at 10:44 on May 5, 2014 |
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May 5, 2014 10:35
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Fister Roboto posted:I was just about to make a post bitching about Shrine of Amana, but then I discovered that Havel's Greatshield, when infused with magic, has 100% magic block Yeah Amana got pretty tiresome thanks to the need to lure out the aquatic frogmen who breathe water along with those old men with super maces that could run at 80 miles an hour through water, and having to snipe out those spellcasters, and having to keep a torch handy so you can map out the deep areas... and moving at slower than molasses speed while wading through the water too. It was really nice having Felicia around to help out, though really nothing was quite as satisfying as smashing one archbishop into the stone with two-handed Greatclub R2, and the second swing killing him and smashing the second one into the floor as he runs up.
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May 5, 2014 10:38
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so where can I grind decent souls now? Iron Keep, Dragon Shrine, Amana, Undead Crypt went through GENOCIDE. I haven't bought all the spells I want for NG+ yet. Kinda funny how fast the game goes after you beat it a few times and know where to go. I did 5 characters on PS3, first one took me 70h to finish the game with, the first one on PC (overall 6th character) was 7h  Only 8 deaths too
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May 5, 2014 10:40
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You grind with white soapstones. Or by knocking an area's bonfire intensity up a notch, refreshing all the enemy spawns. I got up to a couple million souls in NG just by shadeing bosses a lot.
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May 5, 2014 10:46
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Skilleddk posted:so where can I grind decent souls now? Iron Keep, Dragon Shrine, Amana, Undead Crypt went through GENOCIDE. I haven't bought all the spells I want for NG+ yet. Phantom. You can get hits for the final boss up until like 3.5 million SM.
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May 5, 2014 10:46
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Run through all the memories and pick up all the soul items, kill the boss in the Memory of Jeigh, use an ascetic on the bonfire next to it, repeat. Just killing the boss alone gives like 300k+ souls once you're in NG+7, and he never really gets much harder since he still only has the big, slow horizontal attack, and the big, even slower vertical that are both easy to dodge. You can also eat his soul for another 50k souls, and the aforementioned soul items you pick up in the other memories quickly add up as well since they start turning into poo poo like Large Soul of a Brave Warrior, etc. You also get a bunch of super useful items like smooth & silky stones, petrified somethings, bonfire ascetics, crimson waters(!), divine blessings(!!), and probably some other stuff I'm forgetting. Once you get the loop down you can get enough souls to buy whatever the hell you want and level yourself up to SL200 while barely paying attention and watching something on a second monitor/TV.
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May 5, 2014 10:49
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I just got to Iron Keep as a sorceror. Should I go to Black Gulch instead now, to get flash sweat, or can I do this? I have the flame quartz ring +1 from the forest, so my fire defense is 123.
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May 5, 2014 11:18
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People who summon help then summon a red phantom are the worst. Only after watching my recording did I piece together the host summoned the red dude, I felt so bad, especially since I only had to club the guy twice with my anvil-on-a-stick. Sorry Lywz  Said Anvil swinger: 
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May 5, 2014 11:19
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Mariposa posted:I just got to Iron Keep as a sorceror. Should I go to Black Gulch instead now, to get flash sweat, or can I do this? I have the flame quartz ring +1 from the forest, so my fire defense is 123. You can just buy flash sweat from Rosabeth if you think you need it.
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May 5, 2014 11:20
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PublicOpinion posted:You can just buy flash sweat from Rosabeth if you think you need it. That's what I meant; I don't have her yet, she's after the Gulch, which I haven't completed.
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May 5, 2014 11:23
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Nah you just need a branch to get Rosabeth, she's stoned on the path to Shaded Woods.
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May 5, 2014 11:25
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Funny how things change in NG+. I breezed past four bosses (including pursuer and sentinels) over the course of maybe an hour, only to hit my first roadblock: old dragonslayer.  On the bright side I did get the visible aurous chest armor from a red phantom in No-man's wharf, apparently that's rare or something? 
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May 5, 2014 11:27
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Foxhound posted:Nah you just need a branch to get Rosabeth, she's stoned on the path to Shaded Woods. Oh. Then I don't know where that path is. I have a branch; I was under the impression that the Shaded Woods somehow followed the Gulch. Where is it? Edit: Nevermind, I found it. Mariposa fucked around with this message at 11:39 on May 5, 2014 |
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May 5, 2014 11:29
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Tensei posted:Funny how things change in NG+. I breezed past four bosses (including pursuer and sentinels) over the course of maybe an hour, only to hit my first roadblock: old dragonslayer. The chest is incredible looking when you can actually see it, drat.
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May 5, 2014 11:30
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VDay posted:Run through all the memories and pick up all the soul items, kill the boss in the Memory of Jeigh, use an ascetic on the bonfire next to it, repeat. Just killing the boss alone gives like 300k+ souls once you're in NG+7, and he never really gets much harder since he still only has the big, slow horizontal attack, and the big, even slower vertical that are both easy to dodge. You can also eat his soul for another 50k souls, and the aforementioned soul items you pick up in the other memories quickly add up as well since they start turning into poo poo like Large Soul of a Brave Warrior, etc. That sounds pretty good. Jeigh is the memory behind the kings door in the forest castle? Will it respawn all 3 memories if I ascetic that bonfire? Also how can you reliably get to the giant boss? He himself is not very hard but getting to him is annoying as hell as I have to chug potions like mad
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May 5, 2014 11:37
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Checked the OP incase this is a FAQ and it isn't, so... I'm getting "summoning cancelled unable to join multiplayer session" every time I put a white soapstone down. I've checked my internet connection, I have no background downloads going on, and I've quit and reloaded the game a couple of times, but I just can't seem to get summoned at all today. I can still see messages, bloodstains and other player ghosts though. Anyone else had this? Googling it throws up a number of angry forum posts, and it doesn't seem to be a platform-specific thing, but no solutions except "quit and reload" which isn't working for me on this occasion.
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May 5, 2014 11:48
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Skilleddk posted:That sounds pretty good. Jeigh is the memory behind the kings door in the forest castle? Will it respawn all 3 memories if I ascetic that bonfire? Stay on the right, wait for the head to roll over, run to Giant Lord's area and you should be safe from firebombs.
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May 5, 2014 11:52
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Look, everyone, I successfully went through Shrine of Amana with my wizard without a bow or summon or the use of a torch (since it just lead to unbearable ganking). Prepare an upgraded bow with specialty arrows beforehand (iron being the minimum). I did that with my knight in a previous playthrough which was boring, but manageable. The archery for this series just isn't satisfying for the most part. It's neat when in those encounters where you close enough to lock on and defend via dodging. Anyway, bow. Shrine of Amana = bow.
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May 5, 2014 11:55
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Cactus posted:Checked the OP incase this is a FAQ and it isn't, so... Ok, so quitting the game and then restarting Steam fixed it, unless of course it is coincidence. Hope this doesn't become a regular annoyance.
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May 5, 2014 11:58
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Cardboard Box posted:try to hit the soft caps on some stats. endurance can go to 20 before you get diminishing returns on it. crank adaptability up til you have around 100 agility, usually up to around 20 points depending on whatever else you've put points into. strength and dex can go to 40. if you're struggling for things to put points into, can't go wrong with more health.
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May 5, 2014 12:00
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Time_pants posted:Is there any point in putting points in Adaptability if my Agility is already 100+ from all the points I put into Attunement? 120 gives the most iframes but apparently not a whole lot more than 100.
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May 5, 2014 12:01
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So when I saved Rosabeth, the only spare armor I had was a desert sorceress top that I found in Earthen Peak, and now she's dressed like this. Edit: By the way, I found out that the Gulch is a lot less of a pain if you use emit force and just keep going back to the bonfire. Mariposa fucked around with this message at 12:39 on May 5, 2014 |
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May 5, 2014 12:27
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Tallgeese posted:The worst part of Lucatiel is that we can't get her magnificent hat without the stupid mask attached. Would it be possible to make the mask part of the hat texture transparent? Or does it work the same as Dark Souls 1 where making non-transparent textures transparent just turns them pitch black? BARONS GAMES WHINER posted:Or have spreading hollowness and instead instantly turn into green trolls when we die.  There is a mod for that.
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May 5, 2014 12:27
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Mariposa posted:I just got to Iron Keep as a sorceror. Should I go to Black Gulch instead now, to get flash sweat, or can I do this? I have the flame quartz ring +1 from the forest, so my fire defense is 123. You don't need Flash Sweat to go through Iron Keep. You only need fire resistance to collect the chests on the laval, but you'll need more than Flame Quartz + Flash Sweat + water jars for that. Go through IK once, then come back to collect the stuff later (you can buy armour with high fire resistance from the Majula armour dude after beating the Smelter Demon, who is the IK miniboss). Time_pants posted:Is there any point in putting points in Adaptability if my Agility is already 100+ from all the points I put into Attunement? Nope! Unless you want to raise your resistances or something.
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May 5, 2014 12:50
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Is there seriously not a bonfire anywhere near Freja?  (I know the two which are almost on top of each other)
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May 5, 2014 13:08
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Metanaut posted:Is there seriously not a bonfire anywhere near Freja? Nope. The lower cove / 3rd in that area is the closest one.
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Metanaut posted:Is there seriously not a bonfire anywhere near Freja? You can run straight from the bonfire that's after the Prowling Magus without getting hit, and pretty fast, too, even though it looks like a trek.
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